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Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: The United States and Cuba officially normalized diplomatic relations today and the Cuban Embassy in Washington, closed since 1961, reopened this morning.
The NewsHour’s P.J. Tobia has this report.
P.J. TOBIA: With...

The PBS NewsHour will debut a new look and a new sound tonight. Listen to the new theme.
You’re not hearing things — the PBS NewsHour has new theme music.
With our new look debuting on tonight’s broadcast will also come brand new...

That urgent care visit might not be as cheap as you thought. Ariel Skelley/Blend Images via Getty Images.
Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an...

Family mourns the death of 17-year-old Vonzell Banks at hs funeral in Chicago. Still photo from NewsHour video
Editor’s Note: On Monday’s PBS NewsHour, special correspondent Chris Bury reports on the uptick of deadly violence in Chicago...

Listen to Ross Gay read “A Small Needful Fact.”
One year and three days ago, Staten Island man Eric Garner told officers “I can’t breathe” 11 times while in a chokehold by Officer Daniel Pantaleo — his last words...